Andrew Duffy, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal); Associate Program Director, Surgical Residency; Director, Yale Surgical Skills and Simulation Center

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupCancer Center, Yale(
Gastrointestinal Motility Program)
Surgery: Gastrointestinal/General Surgery: Yale Bariatric Surgery Program | Bariatric Surgery Program
Research Interests
surgical skills training; virtual reality surgical simulation; clinical outcomes for bariatrics; hernia; colon surgery
Clinical Interests
Advanced laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery; laparoscopic colon surgery for colon cancer or diverticulitis; laparoscopic bariatric surgery for morbid obesity; laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding; laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; laparoscopic surgery for reflux and achalasia; laparoscopic Nissen; laparoscopic Heller myotomy; laparoscopic splenectomy; laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair; laparoscopic repair of abdominal-wall hernias; laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias; gall bladder, gall stones, cholecystectomy, gall stone pancreatitis; Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis, appendicitis
Education
- BS, Boston College, 1992
- M.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1996
Articles

May/June 2006
With surgical simulation, practice makes perfect
On a recent day in the School of Medicine’s new Surgical Skills and Simulation Center on Cedar Street, a colonoscopy...


